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viruses can be inserted into the genome during repair of a double strand break, if the repair pathway gets the missing DNA fragment from an infected neighboring cell. HERV viruses make up more of our DNA than protein coding segments. Most of our DNA is long repeats and stop codons that have overwritten virus insertions. HERV-k and HERV-w are the most recent additions and still able to be activated.
>wtf does this have to do with balding
p300 controls the androgen receptor, if its bound to viruses like cytomegalovirus, the cells upregulate the androgen receptor, and androgens activate genetic pathways that suppress hair growth.
best explanation i've heard so far. still just a theory
